Half-hearted cannabis legalisation move leaves patients in limbo

Any government looking to regulate medical cannabis has to chart a careful course between implementing a system that it is too permissive, to the extent that it is simply a facade for non-medical use, and one that is too restrictive, resulting in a system that fails to provide for patients. In a policy shift that will legalise the sale of medical as of November, the UK government has chosen to steer far closer to the second option.